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country, and has brought with him, amongst other interesting 

 objects of natural history, several eggs of this Cassowary in a 

 more perfect state than the examples hitherto received. The 

 Zoological Society have also further increased their collection of 

 Struthiones, by obtaining a young pair of Ostriches from the 

 Cape of Good Hope. "When these have a little further pro- 

 gressed towards maturity, we shall have a fine opportunity of 

 comparing the Northern and Southern birds together. The 

 Society have also recently received examples of several other in- 

 teresting birds — the White-winged Trumpeter (Psophia leu- 

 coptera), the Cardinal Eclectus [Eclectus cardinalis), the Austra- 

 lian Thick-knee {(Edicnemus australis), and two fine pairs of the 

 European Waxwing {Ampelis garrulu). 



